motel

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Recent Examples of motel This middle-of-nowhere motel has become a big draw for astrophotographers. Julia Duin, Outside Online, 6 June 2025 Employers must avoid using housing status, such as listing a shelter or motel, as a proxy for professionalism or reliability. Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 As the warmth of the motel room started to thaw me, my hands and face started to tingle. Mike Rayder, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025 Healey has pledged to close all hotels and motels serving as shelters by the end of the year. Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for motel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motel
Noun
  • The tranquil spa on the property’s lower level feels like a hidden oasis, with a sleek and contemporary pool that is, in fact, the only indoor swimming pool in inner Copenhagen.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Reader’s dedicated wellness wing is like a luxury spa, with a teak hot tub, cedar sauna, massage area and indoor pool that accesses a sunny deck overlooking the pond and meadows.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The Lido winds across a flat piece of land near the entrance of the resort.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
  • Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming has its own about 45 minutes from the resort.
    Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Choosing wineries based on atmosphere, timing visits to avoid loud and boisterous crowds and booking accommodations nearby all help in making the most of a Hamptons wine tour.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The big league experience extends to players, who enjoy better accommodations and better food, and to fans, who get to see some of the best athletes in the world in venues representative of some of the most iconic cities in North America.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • National parks: All of Yosemite’s campgrounds will be open this summer for the first time since 2019.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
  • The hike and bike section of the campground is first-come, first-served and costs $5 per person, per night.
    Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • To further address youth housing affordability, the government will continue its Youth Hostel Scheme, which subsidizes non-governmental organizations’ renting of hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
  • After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Set at the edge of the downtown Taos, New Mexico's historic district, this 51-room boutique hotel reimagines a 1960s adobe-style motor lodge into a sanctuary for art lovers and design-forward travelers.
    Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2025
  • If a lodging’s guest rooms open directly to the outdoors and there’s a parking lot handy, industry experts say, it probably was born as a motel or motor lodge.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024
  • This retro spot opened in 1956 as a motor inn and today offers modern amenities along with vintage charm.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 2 May 2024
Noun
  • No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.
    Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts.
    Andrew Wood, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017

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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motel. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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